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Commons/2017-06-21/65/ Allowance are increased in line with the CPI, while the levels of some working age benefits have been restricted or frozen for some time. State pensions uprating – background2 ... particularly concerned about the cost of spectacles. Another told us that after 47 years of full time work her State Pension of £134 a week was ‘not mega bucks’. And while she was thankful for the April increase
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written materials and individual enquires by telephone, letters, emails and face to face sessions. We work closely with Age UK Cymru, Age UK NI and Age UK Scotland. Key points and recommendations We do ... However, in order to ensure income adequacy in retirement, pension saving needs to take place across working life.iii There is a danger that if the LISA becomes a substitute (wholly or partially) for pension
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social care 14 7 Returning from abroad checklist 15 Useful organisations 16 Age UK 21 Support our work 21 Age UK factsheet 25 December 2023 Returning from abroad Page 3 of 22 1 Is a return to the UK ... means-tested benefits, so your income and capital, for example savings, are taken into account when working out your entitlement. Pension Credit PC is for older people with a low income and can be claimed
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one‐stop shops etc • re‐ablement, e.g. shorter, intensive, more rehabilitative bouts of care • partnership working, e.g. joint health and social care • personalisation, e.g. personal care budgets Allen and G ... are occasionally regarded as automatically better without due attention to evidence. Sometimes process – 'Are we working well together?' – takes precedence over outcome – 'Is it better for the older person?'. Loca
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‘amendments and updates to putting things right’ guidance to assist with embedding procedures in everyday working practice. Is the flowchart at Annex A, a useful tool for determining whether the Duty has been ... communication contributes to negative experiences.3 It is important that NHS bodies carefully consider what works for patients in written communications and make changes to existing systems. Question 26 Do
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‘amendments and updates to putting things right’ guidance to assist with embedding procedures in everyday working practice. Is the flowchart at Annex A, a useful tool for determining whether the Duty has been ... communication contributes to negative experiences.3 It is important that NHS bodies carefully consider what works for patients in written communications and make changes to existing systems. Question 26 Do
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be beneficial and justified in certain individual circumstances we recommend that further detailed work is done to engage stakeholders on this issue, before any decision is taken to proceed along these ... everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than five million people every year, providing support, companionship
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written materials and individual enquiries by telephone, letters, emails and face to face sessions. We work closely with Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. Local Age UKs are active in supporting and advising ... comes to proposals around monitoring quality, it will be important to ensure that all stakeholders work in partnership when concerns emerge. Care Act and NHS Continuing Healthcare reviews as well as safeguarding
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are your reasons for your answer to question 1? Our view is that this offers a positive vision to work towards – one that acknowledges the social impact of suicide and self-harm and that emphasises the ... encourage a more person-centred approach to tackling these issues, as people and organisations who already work with vulnerable individuals on specific issues (e.g., disability, substance misuse, homelessness)
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interpreted and implemented by local authorities3. As such, it is also an important document for those working in the field of homelessness and has been used extensively in the production of this factsheet (references ... and your partner continue to ensure that rent and mortgage payments are made while a settlement is worked out. A local authority can say you made yourself ‘intentionally homeless’ if you lose your home because
